Government of India is offering "Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children” (SPDC) for Persons of Indian Origin and Non-resident Indians to make higher education in India accessible to the children of overseas Indians and promote Indian as a Centre for
higher studies.

NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarship shall be provided to 150 selected students.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: NRIs/ PIOs

AGE: Age group of 17 to 21 years as on 1st October 2017.

INSTITUTIONS COVERED UNDER THIS SCHEME: (a) Central Universities of India offering Under Graduate Courses; (b) ‘A’ Grade Institutions accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and recognized
by UGC (C) National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Schools of Planning and Architecture and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) through DASA Scheme

RECEIPT/REGISTRATION OF APPLICATIONS: Applicant shall submit application form & required documents online on the spdc portal (http://spdcindia.gov.in).
Last Date for submission of Completed Application Form is
30th September, 2017.

SHORTLISTING & SELECTION PROCESS: Selection process will be based on ‘MERIT’